H.264 VC-1 flickering during playback (1 Viewer)

[kreker]

I have this annoying problem with video encoded with h.264 vc-1. During playback all the video is flickring, I don't know if this is the right word. Seems to continuously loose a fraction of a second. Tried to uninstall ati video card driver (ati radeon 4250 embedded) but without results. I also change the codec in mediaportal portal setting under the field h.264 from ffdshow to mpc and windows codec, but the problem remains the same. Tried do reinstall ffdshow too.
I'm sure that is a problem with mediaportal and this type of video because with videolan all works perfect.
With normal divx still haven't problem.

Windows 7 64bit, mediaportal 1.1.2.0, ati radeon hd 4250
Thanks for help

 

[VdR]

What you are seeing is stutter. This can have many causes. Most likely related to the combination of your hardware, the codec and the video file.

Give some more info. What file container, what resolution, what frame rate, what processor, what display, ...

 

[kreker]

this is from mediainfo

Video
ID                                      : 1
Format                                  : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                          : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC                  : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 5 frames
Codec ID                                : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                : 21mn 41s
Bit rate                                : 802 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                        : 8 323 Kbps
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                  : 404 pixels
Display aspect ratio                    : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                              : 23.976 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                      : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                      : 0.115
Stream size                              : 124 MiB (86%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 122 r2184 5c85e0a
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=20 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=19.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date                            : UTC 2012-03-29 15:49:46
Tagged date                              : UTC 2012-03-28 16:56:16
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177
 
Audio
ID                                      : 2
Format                                  : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                          : LC
Codec ID                                : 40
Duration                                : 21mn 41s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                : 125 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                        : 174 Kbps
Channel(s)                              : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                        : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : -3s 337ms
Stream size                              : 19.3 MiB (13%)
Encoded date                            : UTC 2012-03-28 16:56:14
Tagged date                              : UTC 2012-03-28 16:56:16

The display is a Samsung TV 40'' connected via HDMI. The video card is the Ati radeon hd 4250 embedded on mobo and for cpu I have an AMD Phenom II X4 3.2GHZ


The problem occurs only with mediaportal, with VLC works fine
thanks for help

 

[VdR]

What refresh rate do you have the display setting at? If you have it at 50fps (non US TV standard) you would see a short jitter frequently. Are you using the automatic refresh rate changer in MP? That should make sure this file is played at 24fps (if your TV is capable).

 

[kreker]

Windows 7 refresh was 60 hz. Changed to 25 without results. The other one in 30. So I enabled the automatic refresh rate changer with the popup notification and when I try to play the video a popup appears saying that the refresh is 24 but the stutter remains
What should I do. I don't understand why I don't have problems with VLC
Thanks for help

 

[Jay_UK]

Hi there,

Can you please post your mediaport logs.

Also, when the video is playing, if you press "shift and 1" together (!) it should display some stats/information. Can you either:

press f11 (this will capture the screen and stats to a file - and then post that file here)
Manually post the information/stats here (eg actual fps, detected fps, dropped frames, etc).

Many thanks,

J.

 

[Ede]

Try to uncheck the video optimization settings in the catalyst control center.

 

[kreker]

Hi, I'm back with good news. I solve the problem but was my mistake .
I'm using a tool from the shellex command for downloading the video's subtitle with a click. Unfortunately, due to a code bug, the program rename all the videos with the extension ".avi". So, renaming back to mp4 solve the problem. I don't know why mediaportal acting like this, maybe you do . Now I have fixed the software either.
Thanks for help and sorry for the wasting of times

 

[felixbbb031]

Hi.I have same problem but I have no any external tools. different is that I am still using a CRT TV which is connect with my PC over TV OUT bracket. When I play HD video I have no problems with MPC-HC or any other external player. Any other video formats on MediaPortal like, .avi , .divx , etc. works fine. Thank you advance.

 

[felixbbb031]

I have install SAF v6 but still no joy in MPC-HC 1080p works just fine ...